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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Old Lady of Threadneedle Street The Bank of England, situated in Threadneedle Street. So called from a caricature by Gilray, dated 22nd May, 1797, and entitled The Old Lady in Threadneedle Street in Danger. It referred to the temporary stopping of cash payments 26th February, 1797, and one pound bank-notes were issued 4th March the same year. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "OLD LADY OF THREADNEEDLE STREET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | Английский банк. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 4C 44 4C 41 44 59 4F 46 54 48 52 45 41 44 4E 45 45 44 4C 45 53 54 52 45 45 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01001100 01000100 00100000 01001100 01000001 01000100 01011001 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 01001110 01000101 01000101 01000100 01001100 01000101 00100000 01010011 01010100 01010010 01000101 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O L D   L A D Y   O F   T H R E A D N E E D L E   S T R E E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 004C 0044 004C 0041 0044 0059 004F 0046 0054 0048 0052 0045 0041 0044 004E 0045 0045 0044 004C 0045 0053 0054 0052 0045 0045 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4946382463538592494025442523935384839393846392535452393954 |
| 1. Usage: Commercial 2. Translations: Modern 3. Orthography 4. Bibliography |
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